Ij4 The Trotter. 



\\'('sl. 1 1 W'Ms :i I It Ml lo sec I lie w ;iv in w Iiicli lit' wiilk cd ii]) Ion liorsc ; 

 011(1 il' llif lolltT or the hody clolliiii!;- was llif li-ast oiil of plact' or 

 jlt'raiii;c(l, Iiow soon liis keen vw dftfclcil it, and liis hand si'l it: 

 riidit. It \s as, iiionov IT, a ticat lo sfc liow t'\ fry ihinih aninuil 

 alxiiil llit'sc picmiscs loNcd liiin, and how ihi-y I't-foL^nist'tl him 

 thic(il\' lh('\' saw him. Tht- old maslili" hajfil onl his iiont'sl wtd- 

 coiiif, llic lilllc hi I itT canic houiuling up tt) grcvt him, the Ibxcs 

 ln!'!',id al ihc end of (heir tliains to irat'h him, ovtMi tho old 

 " !;in!;t'r piif" llappcd his wiiii^s and siiil lorlli a sliiill trow of 

 di liancc, as il he ifcollfctt'd who iiad liandK'd him in Jiis list 

 main. The pii'/'ons st'i'iiifd as if tlit-y would almost st'ttK' on his 

 shonldtT ; and, as lor t)ltl Morgan, as st)t)n as he ever hcartl the well- 

 know n Noiif, he sent I'orlh a wiKl neij^h t)!' iltTi!;hl, as mueh as to 

 say, " I am (|iiite ready if yoii are." Ah, well, I ihoiiidit, this man 

 is not hair st) bat! as he has heen rejiresentetl. There must he st)mc 

 i^ood in that heart — tlumb animals anil ehildreii nt>ver make mis- 

 takes. As wi' wi-re walkln;; to the stahles, the eaptain asketl me 

 whether 1 had hrou'dit liie little mare t)\'er ; aiul t)n m\' answering 

 '• No," 



" rity," he remarkeil ; " we mii;ht have had a mile spin with t)ld 

 Mor!;an ; il wouhl have amuseil Sam. lie clt)es nt)t seem in good 

 sj)irits." 



Anil many others had made the same remark during the last ten 

 ilays ; lor siiiee the day on whiih he hail haiuled over that hill t)f sale 

 to the eaplain, giving him the jiower to seize e\tTy liorsi> he had at 

 a tla\'s notice, the stpiire had heen an altereil man, though no one, 

 not e\en his wile, knew the exact eause, although many guessetl it. 

 1 lis larms were well let; ami although the tvstate, over which he 

 hail unlimited control, was mortgaged, there w as alwa\'s sutlicient 

 lilt lo maintain him. aiul rcspcclahly, loo, with cari\ alter the 

 interest was paid. MorcoM'r, the railroad was ahout to run right 

 ihroiijdi the heart ot his estate. liis compensation w tmld have 

 l»t>en sonu'thing handsome, and he eoulil have struggled on against 

 !iis just tlid)ts till this compiMisation money wouKl liavi> set him tree, 

 liis principal trcilitor was the captain, aiul the griMtiM' [lart ol' the 



